In planning new directions for teacher education it is reasonable to assume that education will become more rather than less important in the next decade, that technology will drastically alter our way of life, that there will be a continued trend toward urbanization, that teaching will become more individualized, and that teaching talent will be…

This paper attempts to define the future role of research personnel in the public schools. It surveys the methods of applied and basic research and finds both inadequate for bringing about specific changes in the schools. Educational research and development is suggested as an alternative. This research and development cycle involves finding and…

This document reports the activities of the 1971 Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) conference on teacher certification. The conference explored the bases for reciprocity and simplification of evaluation procedures. This report covers the conference proceeding including the opening remarks, recommendations of the 1970 CTF conference on teacher…

Computer programs prepared in connection with a project on Application of Communication Satellites to Educational Development (see EM 010 449) are described and listed in this memorandum. First, the data tape containing a digitized map of the world which was used for the programs is described. Then the first program, WORLDMAP, which plots the tape…

This report represents a regional approach to the immediate problems of higher education in New York City, and proposes a series of recommendations toward the cooperative resolutions of these problems. The Regents Advisory Council accepted as its charge a survey of the human, fiscal and physical resources of higher education institutions in New…

This document presents a review of the present functions and programs of each of the colleges in the State Colleges of Massachusetts, the present strengths and needs of the colleges, and the capacity of the colleges individually and severally to adjust and develop, in order to discharge new functions that might be required of them by the future…

New York State's public and private colleges and universities have been confronted in recent years with increasing problems of financing the growth of the educational system as required by expanding enrollments. Even without enrollment growth and the need for new facilities and larger operating budgets, increasing costs and slower growth of income…

The overall object of this report is to analyze requirements for development, dissemination, and evaluation of education research personnel; formulate and evaluate alternatives for meeting the requirements; design a comprehensive program involving new patterns for training and upgrading DD&E personnel; and implement and evaluate such a program.…

This study describes the development and design for pretesting survey instruments required for the development of programs sampling the supply and demand for educational research, development, diffusion, and evaluation personnel. The major areas of concern include: 1) the determination of number, distribution by type, and location of educational…

This study presents a design for a biennial survey which would provide a nation-wide, in-depth sampling of supply and demand for educational research, development, diffusion, and evaluation personnel. An extensive preliminary study and analysis led to recommendations for a more modest initial survey focusing on the demand for three priority…

This paper familiarizes the educational community with the research on teacher concerns that has taken place since the publication of Fuller's 1969 article "Concerns of Teachers: A Developmental Conceptualization" (SP 003 919). Two studies are described concerning reliability of information for the Teacher Concerns Statement and the establishment…

This document consists of a series of materials designed for use as a workshop to train educational leaders involved in implementing new educational practices and materials in the schools of their region. The materials are prepared as a number of handouts which participants receive in sequence. Participants engage in four major activities, and…

What's in it for you is the framework in which these authors describe the community school concept. They are careful not to claim community schools as the panacea to education's current problems, but they do have confidence in the future of the concept. (Editor)

Focuses on communication problems caused by the vocabulary associated with evaluation in instructional development projects (i.e., the terms "formative" and "summative"). (Author/JEG)

Discusses five factors usually associated with the concept of project management which can facilitate the creation and operation of an effective production team, including (1) analyzing available resources, (2) defining roles of specialization and generalization, (3) establishing communication networks, (4) determining rules of team operation, and…